Please Read The Following Agreement Carefully
CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
THIS CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into effective as of the date of execution by the individual and/or entity set forth below (“Receiving Party”) and Vantora, LLC, also doing business as Axcitement.com (“Company”) having a place of business at 582 Texas 121 Business, Lewisville, Texas 75057, (each, a “Party” and, together, the "Parties”). The Parties shall include any and all business units, divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, joint ventures, successors, heirs and assigns of the respective Parties.
WHEREAS, the Parties are discussing and evaluating a potential business relationship or transaction, including specifically a potential licensing agreement for Axcitement Software for axe throwing lanes (the “Purpose”), which discussions and evaluation necessitate the disclosure by Company to Receiving Party of information considered confidential and proprietary by Company; and
WHEREAS, as a condition to the disclosure of such information by Company to Receiving Party and, if permitted hereunder, any of Receiving Party’s directors, officers, shareholders, employees, agents, contractors, consultants or advisors (collectively, “Representatives”), Receiving Party agrees to treat, and to cause the Representatives to treat, any such information in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. WHEREAS, the Company has developed a unique method of creating end grain targets, and using their projected software to play games on them. Receiving Party may make use of the end grain targets, which are part of the confidential information only if using the Company Projected Target systems on those targets and paying the applicable license fees and following the agreements outlined in this document.
NOW, THEREFORE, Receiving Party hereby agrees as follows:
1. “Confidential Information” means the Purpose and the fact that the Parties are discussing or evaluating the Purpose, together with all information of, from or about Company and any of its affiliates, customers or members that is marked “confidential” or “proprietary” or which by its type, nature or context is something that should reasonably be known or understood to be confidential or proprietary, including, but not limited to; trade secrets; technical, developmental, operating, performance, governance, know-how or process information that is disclosed either (i) in a writing or other tangible form or (ii) orally. Confidential Information also includes all software, applications and related documentation and any notes, analyses, compilations, studies, interpretations or other documents prepared by Receiving Party which contain, reflect or are based upon any information furnished to Receiving Party pursuant hereto.
2. Receiving Party shall (i) treat all Confidential Information with the same degree of care (provided that such is at least a reasonable degree of care) to avoid disclosure to third parties as it normally uses to protect its own confidential information; and (ii) use the Confidential Information only for the Purpose, including the evaluation or consideration of the Purpose.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Receiving Party shall not at any time use Confidential Information in any manner against, adverse or detrimental to Company.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing: (a) The Receiving Party shall disclose Confidential Information only to those Representatives who need access to such Confidential Information for the purpose described above and to no one else and shall ensure the security of any facilities, vehicles, machines, systems, passwords or methods used to store any of the Confidential Information in accordance with the Receiving Party’s security policies and procedures;
(b) The Receiving Party shall assure that all persons who receive any of the Confidential Information directly or indirectly from it agree to keep the information confidential and will abide by the terms and conditions of this Agreement as if such persons were parties hereto and Receiving Party shall be responsible for any breach of this Agreement, including by any of its Representatives; and
(c) The Receiving Party shall not tamper with, modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or create derivative works from or based upon the Confidential Information, including any prototype, sample or model. 3. There shall be no liability for breach of the restrictions contained in Paragraph 2 on use and disclosure of Confidential Information: (a) if the Receiving Party can demonstrate from written records that such information was already in the public domain or became publicly available through no breach of this Agreement by the Receiving Party; (b) if the Receiving Party can demonstrate from written records that the information was rightfully in the Receiving Party's possession without obligation of confidence prior to receipt from Company or that the Receiving Party lawfully obtained said information from a third party who was under no obligation of confidence; (c) if the Receiving Party can demonstrate from written records that such information was independently developed by the Receiving Party who had not had access to Company's Confidential Information; (d) if such information is required to be disclosed by the Receiving Party to comply with applicable law or a judicial order or decree; provided, however, that the Receiving Party gives prior written notice of such disclosure to Company and takes reasonable and lawful actions to avoid and/or minimize the extent of such disclosure such that only that information which is legally required to be disclosed, be disclosed, and cooperates with Company to obtain any appropriate legal measures or assurances that the Confidential Information will be treated accordingly; or (e) if such information is disclosed with the prior written consent of Company. 4. The Receiving Party agrees that neither it, nor any of its Representatives who are aware of the Transaction, will disclose (i) that the Parties are contemplating the Purpose, (ii) that negotiations or discussions are taking place or (iii) any terms, conditions or other information with respect to the Purpose, including the status thereof. 5. This Agreement shall be effective as of the date first set forth above (the “Effective Date”) and may be terminated with respect to subsequent disclosures upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the other Party. Unless earlier terminated pursuant to this Agreement or unless otherwise agreed by the Parties in writing, this Agreement shall automatically terminate one (1) year after the Effective Date; provided, however, the obligations of confidentiality and nondisclosure provided herein shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement. 6. Upon any termination of this Agreement or earlier written request by Company, the Receiving Party will return to Company, or upon Company’s written instruction shall destroy with written confirmation of such destruction, all Confidential Information, copies thereof and any notes, analyses, tables, summaries or other information or materials derived, created or prepared from Confidential Information received from Company under this Agreement. 7. The Receiving Party shall not be obligated to compensate Company for Confidential Information (except as may result from a breach of this Agreement) and the Receiving Party acknowledges and understands that no warranties or representations of any kind are given by Company with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the Confidential Information. 8. Confidential Information shall remain the sole and exclusive property of Company. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as granting to the Receiving Party any right, title or interest in or to any patent, trademark, license, copyright, trade secret or other right of Company. 9. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create, either express or implied, the power in either Party to bind the other. Neither Party shall be bound by the actions of the other, shall be liable for the debts of the other, or shall have a right to share in the profits of the other. This Agreement is not intended to be a joint venture, partnership or other formal business organization, and neither Party is under any obligation to enter into any further agreement with the other Party. 10. This Agreement shall not be construed in any manner to be an obligation to enter into any transaction or relationship or any other contract or agreement. 11. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision hereof, nor shall such waiver constitute a waiver in any other instance. 12. This Agreement shall be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of Company and its respective successors and assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned in whole or in part by Receiving Party without the prior written consent of Company. Any attempted assignment without such prior written consent shall be void and unenforceable. 13. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be in violation of applicable law, then such provision shall be void and the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. 14. No modification to this Agreement shall be effective unless such modification is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of Company. 15. It is further understood and agreed that any breach of this Agreement would cause irreparable harm to Company and that Company shall be entitled to equitable relief, including but not limited to injunction or specific performance, as a remedy for any such breach. Neither Receiving Party nor any of its Representatives will oppose the granting of such relief. Such remedies shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedies for a breach by Receiving Party of this Agreement but shall be in addition to all other remedies available at law or equity to the Company, including attorneys’ fees and costs. Additionally, the breach of this Agreement for any location using the projected axe software as referenced in the attached document, will additionally result in the cancellation of all licenses of such software causing the axe software to cease to function. 16. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted according to the laws of the State of Texas. Venue for the resolution of all disputes arising hereunder shall be either Dallas or Denton County, Texas. 17. This Agreement may be executed by electronic signature. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement has been executed as of today's date.